Endocrine Abstracts

We present a 50-year-old man who was referred to endocrine clinic with painful gynaecomastia of 3 months duration. He was waiting hip replacement. He had history of a lump in his left breast 9 years ago. He had USS and FNA. He was treated with some tablets for a month and discharged from breast clinic. He had no other past medical history. He worked as a physical trainer to metropolitan police. He did not smoke or drink and was on no medication. He had never used recreational ...

Thyroidectomy is a definitive form of treatment for patients with hyperthyroid Graves’ disease particularly those who are noncompliant with or have serious side effects to the antithyroid drugs, have very large goitres, refuse 131I therapy or, have moderate to severe ophthalmopathy. The risk of perioperative thyroid storm is usually higher following an acute event such as surgery, trauma, or infection. Thus, patients with thyrotoxicosis presenting for surgery should ideal...